James Mitchell has over eight years’ experience as a financial reporter and is the editor of Wealth and Wellness at Momentum Media. He has a sound pedigree to cover the business of mortgages and the converging financial services sector having reported for leading finance titles InvestorDaily, InvestorWeekly, Accountants Daily, ifa, Mortgage Business, Residential Property Manager, Real Estate Business, SMSF Adviser, Smart Property Investment, and The Adviser. He has also been published in The Daily Telegraph and contributed online to FST Media and Mergermarket, part of the Financial Times Group. James holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature and an MA in Journalism.
Banking disruption ‘hasn’t even begun’
While there is plenty of talk of fintech impacting financial institutions, we are still in the early stages of disruption, says MoneyMe chief executive Clayton Howes.
LENDER • Sun, 26 Feb 2017
Major aggregators back new ID verification tool
Two of Australia’s largest mortgage aggregators have thrown their support behind ZipID after seeing how the identity verification tool benefits brokers and lenders.
AGGREGATOR • Thu, 23 Feb 2017
SME lender on major growth path following $25m deal
An online SME lender has secured $25 million in growth funding and revealed that it has passed $250 million in total loans written for Australian small businesses.
LENDER • Thu, 23 Feb 2017
Agents of identity
ZipID’s Sean Simmons and Dave Fleming had never worked in finance before they developed innovative solutions to help streamline loan approvals by focusing on the ...
GROWTH • Tue, 21 Feb 2017
Bouris says YBR ‘vision’ has changed
Industry pioneer Mark Bouris has explained the evolution of his vision for Yellow Brick Road in a globalised market dominated by the big banks.
BROKER • Tue, 21 Feb 2017
Industry body reacts to major bank rate cut
The Finance Brokers Association of Australia has welcomed the announcement that ANZ will cut annual interest rates on two of its credit card products by 2 per cent.
LENDER • Mon, 20 Feb 2017
Major bank delivers broker commission update
ASIC’s remuneration review is expected to be finalised in the coming weeks, according to a major bank that believes upfront and trail commissions are the “proper way” ...
BROKER • Sun, 19 Feb 2017
The construction specialist
It’s an exciting time to be a broker in the property development space. The SME Adviser catches up with Daniel Holden of HoldenCAPITAL, who reveals how he built a highly ...
GROWTH • Fri, 17 Feb 2017
YBR eyes major SME opportunity
Yellow Brick Road has revealed plans to leverage its aggregation business Vow Financial to begin offering SME finance solutions across its network.
GROWTH • Thu, 16 Feb 2017